You folks made me go down to the basement for this one!!! I find this very interesting. I discovered Joni in 1969 here in Detroit, just a couple of years after she left town. I always regretted the fact that I didn't discover the "coffeehouse" scene until after Joni left, although I did travel to see her in Stratford that year. I began going to our local haunts, including the Raven Gallery and Chessmate, and I did see Chuck perform a number of times. He did a song called "Raggedy Andy" that he wrote and was also published by Gandalf BMI. I always liked it, and actually found an album of his in our local record store that I still have that contains that song. I've heard of the "Combinations" album, but this one is called "Dreams and Stories" and was recorded in June and July of 1969 on Strider Records. I just pulled the album out to look at it after reading the Chuck Mitchell posts and guess who plays drums on the album...John Guerin. It also says recorded Sunset Sound L.A., Bill Lazarus and Tom Harvey, engineers; Strider, Detroit and Los Angeles.
There are no Joni songs on the album but a few are: Acapulco (Michael Peter Smith), Broken Hearted Mama (Eric Andersen), Mister Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker) and a couple songs Chuck wrote, along with co-writers. 9 tracks total. I also just found inside a huge poster of a drawing of Chuck with the lyrics to the song "Dreams and Stories" with a Chuck Mitchell autograph (produced on the poster), and of course, the song was written by him. I didn't even realize this poster was inside until now. Actually the album is in near-mint condition even after all of these years! So much for some "Chuck" trivia. I'm sure I have a file on him somewhere as well, since he played this area so much. If there is any further interest, I'll take a look for it. Best regards, Gary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > <<You don't hear much about Chuck.>> > > Probably because there wasn't much of a career...about all I can add to the >discussion is that he recorded an album in 1977 called "Combinations" in which he >does a cover of "Circle Game". There's also a duet w/Joni of the same song on the >tape trees, done in the WMMR studios I believe. > > After his split with Joni (or HER split with him, after he betrayed her in reference >to parenting her child), he became a footnote. Maybe he should have changed his name >to "Ground Chuck"! :~D > > Bob > > NP: EmmyLou Harris & Spyboy, "Pancho & Lefty" 9/20/00
